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2025.json
0false
Subsidies for oil and gas companies make up 88 percent of all federal subsidies. Just cutting the oil and gas subsidies out would save the U.S. government $45 billion every year.
energy,federal-budget,oil-spill,pundits,taxes
keith-olbermann
Political commentator
none
0
2
3
2
0
a comment on MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann'
4745.json
3true
Says if elected, he would be the first Mayor who lives east of 82nd.
elections
jefferson-smith
state representative
Oregon
democrat
1
1
0
4
0
a press release
4071.json
2mostly-true
Mitt Romney is the first Massachusetts politician to run for president and not win the New Hampshire primary in a generation.
candidates-biography,elections,new-hampshire-2012
new-hampshire-democratic-party
New Hampshire
democrat
4
0
3
3
0
a statement by state Democratic chairman Ray Buckley in a call with reporters
1500.json
3true
In the stimulus, "$15 million dollars went to 'build a bigger, better airport' for the town of Ouzinkie, Alaska, population 165."
stimulus
john-boehner
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ohio
republican
13
22
11
4
2
a press release
13221.json
1half-true
You would receive a citation for taking a dildo to class at the University of Texas.
education,guns,market-regulation
cocks-not-glocks
protest organized by University of Texas students in August 2016
Texas
none
0
0
1
0
0
a Cocks not Glocks call to protest on Facebook
11041.json
2mostly-true
For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, the real unemployment rate is 51 percent.
diversity,economy,jobs
bernie-s
U.S. Senator
Vermont
independent
18
12
22
41
0
a rally in Portland, Maine
12533.json
1half-true
Weve seen more manufacturing jobs created since Ive been president than anytime since the 1990s. Thats a fact.
economy,labor
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
in a town hall
1374.json
3true
"President Obama has broken his pledge to the American people to be transparent throughout (health care reform negotiations)."
florida,health-care
charlie-crist
Florida
democrat
15
9
20
19
2
a written statement
2066.json
0false
The Obama administration will give Pennsylvania $160 million to pay for health insurance plans that cover any legal abortion.
abortion,health-care,states
national-right-life-committee
none
1
2
1
0
0
a prepared statement
7978.json
5pants-fire
Abortion is the second-most conducted surgical procedure in this country.
abortion,health-care
rick-perry
Governor
Texas
republican
30
30
42
23
18
a radio interview.
11072.json
3true
In New Orleans, nearly100 percent of our kids are in charter schools.
education,natural-disasters
bobby-jindal
Governor of Louisiana
Louisiana
republican
0
1
4
4
0
comments on "Fox News Sunday"
12642.json
0false
The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. Its just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to.
economy,jobs,trade
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
remarks in Ottawa, Canada
2614.json
2mostly-true
If you want to see the jobs that Ive saved and created in this storm he helped create, go anywhere in Ohio.
job-accomplishments
lee-fisher
Former Lieutenant governor
Ohio
democrat
2
1
1
2
0
a debate
6488.json
3true
Austin is the largest city in the U.S. or Texas with no geographic representation on its city council.
elections
austinites-geographic-representation
none
0
0
0
0
0
a handout.
115.json
2mostly-true
"She stood by our National Guard and Reserve and kept standing till they received health care they deserved."
military
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a TV ad airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
13443.json
3true
Under Donald Trumps tax plan, 51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up.
taxes
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a campaign rally
11479.json
4barely-true
In 40 years, 23,000 chemicals came on the market and only four were regulated.
environment,public-health
sheldon-whitehouse
U.S. Senator
Rhode Island
democrat
2
3
2
7
0
a news conference
312.json
3true
"We have more coal reserves in the United States than they have oil reserves in Saudi Arabia."
energy
rudy-giuliani
Attorney
New York
republican
9
11
10
7
3
Boca Raton.
4760.json
0false
Over half of the people who would be taxed under (a millionaire surtax) are, in fact, small businesspeople.
taxes,abc-news-week
john-boehner
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ohio
republican
13
22
11
4
2
an ABC interview with Christiane Amanpour
8571.json
1half-true
Says Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked the Senate over 400 times.
congressional-rules
alison-lundergan-grimes
Secretary of State
Kentucky
democrat
2
2
3
1
0
a campaign ad
8312.json
3true
Mental health provisions related to mass shootings got over 90 votes in the Senate.
guns,health-care
kelly-ayotte
U.S. Senator
New Hampshire
republican
2
1
1
4
0
an interview with CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper"
9167.json
2mostly-true
Young women today in metropolitan areaswho are childless and single are out-earning childless, single young males.
income,jobs,women
genevieve-wood
Senior contributor to The Foundry
republican
0
0
0
1
0
comments on CNN
8144.json
1half-true
Says Virginia saved $300 million by rebidding a Metrorail construction project to exclude guaranteed union contracts.
transportation,unions
ken-cuccinelli
Attorney General
Virginia
republican
1
10
3
2
1
a radio interview.
2649.json
1half-true
You worked hard for your money and you paid your taxes when you earned it. Now, (Indiana Republican congressional candidate) Todd Young wants to tax it again when you spend it.
message-machine,retirement,taxes
service-employees-international-union-committee-po
Washington, D.C.
newsmaker
1
1
2
0
0
a campaign commercial
4441.json
2mostly-true
In terms of the wealthiest Americans, were at the lowest tax rate since the 1950s.
taxes
debbie-wasserman-schultz
U.S. Representative, Florida District 23
Florida
democrat
7
9
8
15
3
an interview before the CNN/Tea Party Express GOP debate in Tampa
3848.json
0false
No one thought we could get a bipartisan bill (Medicaid) passed. We did in the Florida Senate.
health-care,medicare,state-budget
mike-haridopolos
Florida Senate President
Florida
republican
0
3
1
1
0
TV interview
4274.json
5pants-fire
Were inches away from no longer having a free economy.
economy,market-regulation
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
the Republican debate in Ames, Iowa
6037.json
1half-true
Florida election officials requests to some residents to submit proof of citizenship is a backdoor poll tax.
elections,immigration,poverty
alcee-hastings
U.S. Representative
Florida
democrat
1
0
1
0
2
a press conference
6102.json
4barely-true
Romneycare covers abortion, illegal immigrants and has a public option. Obamacare does not.
abortion,health-care,immigration
facebook-posts
Social media posting
none
14
18
15
11
36
a Facebook post
10810.json
4barely-true
Not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one.
immigration
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
an appearance at a high school in Las Vegas, Nev.
8126.json
2mostly-true
Obamacare carries on even under a government shutdown.
federal-budget,government-efficiency,health-care
paul-ryan
U.S. Representative
Wisconsin
republican
19
6
16
14
2
an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
4235.json
0false
Atlanta Public Schools 2011 CRCT tests were given under the strictest security possible.
education
beverly-hall
none
0
2
0
0
1
a mailer
5504.json
0false
Says Barack Obama promised gasoline at $2.50 a gallon.
energy,gas-prices,transportation
lenny-curry
chairman of the Republican Party of Florida
Florida
republican
2
1
2
0
0
an interview on "Political Connections"
11468.json
1half-true
Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a reformer.
foreign-policy
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
an op-ed in Breitbart
8749.json
4barely-true
When I was Mayor of South Pasadena, we actually reduced the property taxes we collected.
taxes
kathleen-peters
District 69 state representative
Florida
republican
1
1
0
1
0
a campaign mailer
6646.json
3true
Says U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan attacked the president for the same amount of Medicare savings that (Ryan) had in his own budget.
federal-budget,medicare
bill-clinton
former president
Arkansas
democrat
4
2
12
11
3
a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
4079.json
3true
Were losing almost 6,000 state jobs.
jobs,state-budget
eddie-rodriguez
Texas House Representative
Texas
democrat
0
1
0
1
0
remarks to the Central Texas Democratic Forum
8234.json
2mostly-true
About 40 percent of U.S. illegal immigrants came in on an airplane, with a legal visa, and just overstayed their visa and have never gone home.
immigration
john-carter
U.S. House of Representatives
Texas
republican
0
3
1
2
2
a news article
1578.json
4barely-true
The Obama administration "spent more money on the Cash for Clunkers program than the space program."
space
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
a news account of a speech
13349.json
5pants-fire
Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique.
polls
donald-trump
President-Elect
New York
republican
63
114
51
37
61
a rally in Florida
6471.json
3true
Florida has more concealed weapons permits than any other state.
guns
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
a Fox News interview
11556.json
4barely-true
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video.
foreign-policy,terrorism
ben-carson
republican
7
12
3
2
4
the Fox Business Network debate
12630.json
4barely-true
Google search spike suggests many people dont know why they voted for Brexit.
technology
daily-mail
organization
1
0
0
0
0
a headline
1795.json
2mostly-true
"I got a letter from 20 people who said they wanted their money back, 14 never gave me a penny."
campaign-finance
charlie-crist
Florida
democrat
15
9
20
19
2
a meeting with the St. Petersburg Times editorial board.
8768.json
5pants-fire
Scott Walkers income tax plan is a tax hike. It increases taxes for nearly 80% of the people in the state.
income,jobs,state-budget,state-finances,taxes
mary-burke
Madison school board member
Wisconsin
democrat
5
5
11
8
3
an interview
9760.json
4barely-true
Gov. Kitzhaber oversaw creation of the Oregon driver card law behind closed doors without allowing any input from citizens who represent the public interest.
immigration
protect-oregon-driver-licenses
Advocacy
Oregon
organization
1
0
0
0
0
a campaign website statement
292.json
0false
"So that 2005 energy bill was a big step backwards on the path to clean, renewable energy. That's why I voted against it."
energy
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
debate in Las Vegas
8256.json
1half-true
There are 500 registered Republicans moving to Texas every day.
population
steve-munisteri
Attorney
Texas
republican
0
0
2
0
0
an interview on Austin's YNN
6972.json
1half-true
Says an arts tax would provide funding for certified arts and music teachers for every elementary school serving Portland residents.
taxes
creative-advocacy-network
Oregon
none
0
0
1
1
0
a radio interview
10052.json
1half-true
Every year the average woman loses around $11,000 to the wage gap, which amounts to a $500,000 vagina tax over her working career.
income,women
sarah-silverman
Comedian
democrat
0
0
1
0
0
a video for the National Women's Law Center
7368.json
3true
Says abortions are decreasing.
abortion
donna-howard
Texas House Representative
Texas
democrat
1
0
1
2
0
a Texas Tribune interview.
3814.json
3true
Abraham Lincoln (once) jumped out of a window in the Illinois Legislature in order to deny a quorum.
history,labor,state-budget
mark-miller
State Senator, District 16
Wisconsin
democrat
1
1
0
0
0
remarks to reporters
2984.json
5pants-fire
Those who fail to buy health insurance under Obamacare face the threat of jail time.
health-care
bob-marshall
State delegate
Virginia
republican
0
2
0
0
1
a news release.
9128.json
2mostly-true
Since December 2010 Florida has created 540,000 new jobs.
jobs
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
an online ad
6183.json
5pants-fire
People who wash cars at home will use approximately 80 percent more water than they do in a car wash.
environment,state-budget,taxes,water
helio-melo
State Representative
Rhode Island
democrat
0
1
0
0
1
a House floor debate
9651.json
2mostly-true
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit compared the health care law to buying a pepperoni and ham pizza from Dominos or Pizza Hut.
health-care
debbie-wasserman-schultz
U.S. Representative, Florida District 23
Florida
democrat
7
9
8
15
3
an interview with a Las Vegas news network
3032.json
0false
On choosing a Texas House speaker
elections,states
warren-chisum
State representative
Texas
republican
0
0
0
0
0
a press release
357.json
3true
"She flunked the D.C. bar exam."
candidates-biography
chain-email
none
11
43
8
5
105
a chain e-mail based on an article written by Dick Morris
5548.json
2mostly-true
Because of the new health care law, 2.5 million young adults now have coverage.
health-care,job-accomplishments,message-machine-2012
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
the campaign film "The Road We've Traveled"
12277.json
2mostly-true
Pennsylvania has lost 35 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001 and Harrisburg has lost 40 percent of its manufacturing jobs since 2001.
jobs
donald-trump
President-Elect
New York
republican
63
114
51
37
61
a campaign rally speech
1649.json
3true
Farouk is on fire.
job-accomplishments
j-xavier
musician
Texas
democrat
0
0
0
0
0
a song for Farouk Shami's gubernatorial campaign
13042.json
4barely-true
Says Patrick Murphy was named one of Americas least effective congressmen.
congress
american-future-fund
organization
3
2
0
0
0
a TV ad
6175.json
0false
Obamacare adds trillions to our deficits and to our national debt.
federal-budget,health-care
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
a press conference
12326.json
5pants-fire
Frankly, (Hillary Clinton) doesnt do very well with women.
polls,women
donald-trump
President-Elect
New York
republican
63
114
51
37
61
an interview on CNN's "New Day"
13351.json
0false
Says Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold voted over 250 times to raise taxes.
taxes
americans-prosperity
none
6
7
2
1
2
a web ad
11431.json
0false
The gun industry isthe only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability.
guns,legal-issues
hillary-clinton
Presidential candidate
New York
democrat
40
29
69
76
7
a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa
2702.json
3true
Your tellers were paid kickbacks for directing elderly consumers from ... safe deposits to risky ones.
candidates-biography,ethics,financial-regulation,legal-issues
rick-scott
Governor
Florida
republican
28
23
38
34
7
a CNN/St. Petersburg Times debate.
2691.json
1half-true
Says Peter DeFazio votes with Nancy Pelosi 86 percent of the time.
message-machine,voting-record
concerned-taxpayers-america
Political group
Oregon
republican
0
0
1
0
0
a television ad
3702.json
4barely-true
The only people in this town that have voted to cut Medicare spending are the people who voted in favor of Obamacare. Thats a fact.
medicare
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
185.json
1half-true
"America never made up for the gutting of the intelligence services that Bill Clinton did. I think those are (former CIA director George) Tenet's words ... that Bill Clinton gutted American intelligence."
terrorism
rudy-giuliani
Attorney
New York
republican
9
11
10
7
3
a television interview.
2256.json
3true
Says Barack Obama didnt keep his promise to have an immigration bill in his first year.
immigration
jerry-patterson
state land commissioner
Texas
republican
1
1
1
3
0
a speech
4585.json
4barely-true
In the early 1960s, all levels of government were consuming about 27 percent of the U.S. economy, a number that has risen to 37 percent today. With that trendline, we cease at some point to be a free economy.
economy,federal-budget,new-hampshire-2012,market-regulation
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
a Republican presidential debate in Hanover, N.H.
329.json
3true
Hillary Clinton "actually differed with (John McCain) by arguing for exceptions for torture before changing positions."
terrorism
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
Denver
7546.json
3true
The hole in the earth thats going to be dug (for the proposed Gogebic mine) is bigger than my entire district.
environment
evan-goyke
State Assembly, 18th District
Wisconsin
democrat
0
0
0
0
0
a speech
1098.json
0false
Health insurance companies are making record profits, right now.
corporations,health-care
barack-obama
President
Illinois
democrat
70
71
160
163
9
a press conference
3990.json
2mostly-true
Every 10th dollar spent by the Social Security Administration on its program for the poor is waste, or fraud, they cant validate that the people should have gotten it, totaling about $8 billion a year.
federal-budget,social-security
newt-gingrich
Co-host on CNN's "Crossfire"
Georgia
republican
16
15
20
10
11
in an interview on the “The Neal Boortz Radio Show” on Atlanta’s AM 750 and 95.5 FM
10944.json
4barely-true
Says Bill Clinton gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs and said we needed a regime change, even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
foreign-policy,history,military
facebook-posts
Social media posting
none
14
18
15
11
36
a social media post
8708.json
1half-true
This governor has given us continual balanced budgets without raising taxes.
state-budget,state-finances,taxes
david-rible
Assembly Conference Leader
New Jersey
republican
0
0
1
0
0
an interview on NJTV's 'On the Record' with Michael Aron program
6335.json
0false
President Obama was saying success is the result of government, not hard-working people, when he said, If youve got a business, you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen.
economy
mitt-romney
Former governor
Massachusetts
republican
34
32
58
33
19
an introduction to a web video
10028.json
2mostly-true
Says Thom Tillis refuses to say what we should do to combat ISIS.
military,terrorism
kay-hagan
Former U.S. Senator
North Carolina
democrat
1
0
1
2
0
a news release
9882.json
0false
Fox admits they lie and, under the First Amendment, have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves.
civil-rights,corporations,ethics,food-safety,pundits,transparency
facebook-posts
Social media posting
none
14
18
15
11
36
posts on Facebook
9335.json
0false
Idaho was the only Republican-led state in the nation that chose to partner with President Obama by creating a state-based marketplace under the Affordable Care Act.
health-care
russ-fulcher
State Senator
Idaho
republican
0
1
0
0
0
a gubernatorial debate
9875.json
2mostly-true
Federal investigators found a company that (David Perdue) ran discriminated against women -- paid them less than men for the same work.
women,workers
emilys-list
organization
1
0
3
2
0
television attack ad
5152.json
1half-true
Says weve accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. Weve now created 60,000 new private-sector jobs. Weve made government smaller.
job-accomplishments,jobs,state-budget,state-finances
chris-christie
Governor of New Jersey
New Jersey
republican
10
17
27
19
8
a video
8715.json
2mostly-true
(The farm bill) has aprovision that would in many ways reduce the deficit.
agriculture,deficit
donna-brazile
Political commentator
Washington, D.C.
democrat
0
1
4
7
0
a discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
2150.json
5pants-fire
Nobodys invited us to the Obama events in Atlanta.
elections
chris-carpenter
Campaign Manager for Roy Barnes
Georgia
democrat
0
0
0
0
1
radio news story
11829.json
0false
A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force.
public-safety
thomas-garrett-jr
State senator
Virginia
republican
2
1
0
0
0
a radio interview.
2039.json
3true
Only about a third of Texans who enroll in college graduate.
education
scott-hochberg
state representative
Texas
democrat
0
0
0
0
0
a speech at a caucus at the Texas Democratic convention
8332.json
2mostly-true
For the last decade, Floridians salaries have shrunk substantially when adjusted for inflation.
economy,jobs
dan-gelber
Florida
democrat
2
2
1
3
0
an op-ed
986.json
3true
Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets.
economy,pundits
george-will
Columnist
Maryland
columnist
7
6
3
5
1
a column published by the Washington Post and other news organizations.
6875.json
4barely-true
Says Bill Nelson cast the deciding vote for Obamacare cutting Medicare spending by $700 billion and letting an unelected board decide what gets covered here.
health-care,medicare,message-machine-2012
american-crossroads
republican
5
5
4
0
0
a television ad
5030.json
3true
Christmas trees are grown in all 50 States.
agriculture,states
jeff-merkley
U.S. Senator
Oregon
democrat
0
1
3
6
0
in a press release
6778.json
4barely-true
Barack Hussein Obama will .. force Christian organizations to pay for abortions.
abortion,message-machine-2012
government-not-god-pac
none
1
2
0
0
3
a newspaper ad
6384.json
3true
Tim Kaine, as governor, proposed tax increases on people earning as little as $17,000.
state-budget,taxes
george-allen
consultant
Virginia
republican
2
8
3
4
1
a debate.
11734.json
4barely-true
When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity.
china,crime,criminal-justice,foreign-policy,infrastructure
carly-fiorina
California
republican
5
5
4
3
2
a column posted on Medium
4109.json
1half-true
Says the U.S. borrows 42 cents of every dollar Washington spends today and about half of that comes from countries like China.
deficit,federal-budget
paul-ryan
U.S. Representative
Wisconsin
republican
19
6
16
14
2
a radio interview
6779.json
0false
Barack Hussein Obama will ... force Christian schools to hire non-Christian teachers.
legal-issues,religion
government-not-god-pac
none
1
2
0
0
3
a newspaper advertisement
616.json
4barely-true
Obama "promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family."
taxes
john-mccain
U.S. senator
Arizona
republican
31
39
31
37
8
a television ad
7762.json
0false
On an early date for Floridas presidential primary
elections
marco-rubio
U.S. Senator
Florida
republican
33
24
32
35
5
a position on legislation
1901.json
4barely-true
Alex Sink was "the first official who said that BP should pay $25 million for an ad campaign to promote Florida tourism."
oil-spill
james-carville
political consultant
Louisiana
democrat
2
1
0
1
0
a fundraising letter